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Page vi
... mind fuch thoughts as thefe , down came the new edition of Shakespeare ; which as foon as I opened , the following passage , like the famous Virgilian lots , appeared full in my I like vi PREFACE . We have few books in our language that ...
... mind fuch thoughts as thefe , down came the new edition of Shakespeare ; which as foon as I opened , the following passage , like the famous Virgilian lots , appeared full in my I like vi PREFACE . We have few books in our language that ...
Page xiv
... minds of the Romans the victories of their murdered beroe . - There is a very small alte- ration I would propofe " And in this mantle , " & c . " the action and emphafis is highly improved by this eafy change . But let us fee the - No ...
... minds of the Romans the victories of their murdered beroe . - There is a very small alte- ration I would propofe " And in this mantle , " & c . " the action and emphafis is highly improved by this eafy change . But let us fee the - No ...
Page xxvi
... mind . " We should read , ' FIL'D my mind . i.e. defiled . " Mr. W. I am afraid I led Mr. W. into this mistake : who has taken more notice of my obfervations than he is pleafed pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV xxvi PREFACE .
... mind . " We should read , ' FIL'D my mind . i.e. defiled . " Mr. W. I am afraid I led Mr. W. into this mistake : who has taken more notice of my obfervations than he is pleafed pleafed to acknowledge . See B. III . Rule XIV xxvi PREFACE .
Page xxx
... mind of the generality of Mr. W's compen- dious comments : which whether intended , " " give the unlearned reader a juft idea , and con- fequently a better opinion of the art of criti- " cifm , now funk very low in popular esteem , ( c ...
... mind of the generality of Mr. W's compen- dious comments : which whether intended , " " give the unlearned reader a juft idea , and con- fequently a better opinion of the art of criti- " cifm , now funk very low in popular esteem , ( c ...
Page xxxix
... into a Maurice - pike , i . e . a pikeman of Prince Maurice's army , puts me in mind of an ex- planation in A Midsummer Night's Dream , A & t II . C 4 " The " The nine - men's morris is fill'd up with PREFACE . xxxix.
... into a Maurice - pike , i . e . a pikeman of Prince Maurice's army , puts me in mind of an ex- planation in A Midsummer Night's Dream , A & t II . C 4 " The " The nine - men's morris is fill'd up with PREFACE . xxxix.
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